جواب

See also: خواب

Arabic

Root
ج و ب (j w b)
11 terms

Etymology

Compare Hebrew תְּגוּבָה (təḡūḇɔ̂, tguvá).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.waːb/
Audio: (file)

Noun

جَوَاب • (jawāb) m (plural أَجْوِبَة (ʔajwiba) or جَوَابَات (jawābāt))

answer, reply
- a. 898, Al-Mubarrad, المقتضب [Al-Muqtadab]:
  اعلم أن لا إذا وقعت على نكرة نصبتها بغير تنوين؛ وإنما كان ذلك لما أذكره لك: إنما وضعت الأخبار جوابات للاستفهام.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
apodosis

Declension

Declension of noun **جَوَاب** (jawāb)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَوَاب jawāb	الْجَوَاب al-jawāb	جَوَاب jawāb
nominative	جَوَابٌ jawābun	الْجَوَابُ al-jawābu	جَوَابُ jawābu
accusative	جَوَابًا jawāban	الْجَوَابَ al-jawāba	جَوَابَ jawāba
genitive	جَوَابٍ jawābin	الْجَوَابِ al-jawābi	جَوَابِ jawābi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	جَوَابَيْن jawābayn	الْجَوَابَيْن al-jawābayn	جَوَابَيْ jawābay
nominative	جَوَابَانِ jawābāni	الْجَوَابَانِ al-jawābāni	جَوَابَا jawābā
accusative	جَوَابَيْنِ jawābayni	الْجَوَابَيْنِ al-jawābayni	جَوَابَيْ jawābay
genitive	جَوَابَيْنِ jawābayni	الْجَوَابَيْنِ al-jawābayni	جَوَابَيْ jawābay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)‎; sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَجْوِبَة‎; جَوَابَات ʔajwiba‎; jawābāt	الْأَجْوِبَة‎; الْجَوَابَات al-ʔajwiba‎; al-jawābāt	أَجْوِبَة‎; جَوَابَات ʔajwibat‎; jawābāt
nominative	أَجْوِبَةٌ‎; جَوَابَاتٌ ʔajwibatun‎; jawābātun	الْأَجْوِبَةُ‎; الْجَوَابَاتُ al-ʔajwibatu‎; al-jawābātu	أَجْوِبَةُ‎; جَوَابَاتُ ʔajwibatu‎; jawābātu
accusative	أَجْوِبَةً‎; جَوَابَاتٍ ʔajwibatan‎; jawābātin	الْأَجْوِبَةَ‎; الْجَوَابَاتِ al-ʔajwibata‎; al-jawābāti	أَجْوِبَةَ‎; جَوَابَاتِ ʔajwibata‎; jawābāti
genitive	أَجْوِبَةٍ‎; جَوَابَاتٍ ʔajwibatin‎; jawābātin	الْأَجْوِبَةِ‎; الْجَوَابَاتِ al-ʔajwibati‎; al-jawābāti	أَجْوِبَةِ‎; جَوَابَاتِ ʔajwibati‎; jawābāti

Descendants

Moroccan Arabic: جواب (jwāb, jawāb)
→ Azerbaijani: cavab
→ Middle Armenian: ջուապ (ǰuap), ճուղապ (čuġap), ճուղաբ (čuġab), ճուվապ (čuvap), ճէվապ (čēvap)
- Armenian: ջուղաբ (ǰuġab), ջուղապ (ǰuġap), ջուհաբ (ǰuhab), ջուաբ (ǰuab), ջուապ (ǰuap), ջուհապ (ǰuhap), ջըհաբ (ǰəhab), ջըհապ (ǰəhap), ջըղաբ (ǰəġab), ջողաբ (ǰoġab), ջողոբ (ǰoġob), ջույաբ (ǰuyab), ճողապ (čoġap), ճուղապ (čuġap), ճօղապ (čōġap), ջօղաբ (ǰōġab), ջո̈ւյա̈բ (ǰüyäb), ջո̈ւղա̈բ (ǰüġäb)
→ Bambara: jaabi
→ Classical Persian: جَوَاب (jawāb)
- → Adyghe: джэуап (džɛwap)
- → Baluchi: جواب (jawáb)
- → Bashkir: яуап (yawap)
- → Bengali: জবাব (jobab)
- → Dhivehi: ޖަވާބު (javābu)
- → Hindustani:
  Hindi: जवाब (javāb)
  Urdu: جَوَاب (javāb)
- → Kazakh: жауап (jauap)
- → Khalaj: cəvâb
- → Kyrgyz: жооп (joop)
- → Ossetian: дзуапп (ʒwapp)
- → Nogai: явап (yavap)
- → Pashto: جواب (jawāb), ځواب (źawāb)
- → Northern Luri: جڤۋ (jevü)
- → Punjabi: ਜਵਾਬ (javāb)
- → Tatar: җавап (cawap)
- → Turkmen: jogap
- → Telugu: జవాబు (javābu)
- → Uyghur: جاۋاب (jawab), جاۋاپ (jawap)
- → Uzbek: javob
- → West Coast Bajau: jawap
→ Gagauz: cuvap
→ Malay: jawab
- > Indonesian: jawab (inherited)
→ Ottoman Turkish: جواب (cevâp)
- Turkish: cevap, cuğap (dialectal)
- → Crimean Tatar: cevap
- → Ladino: djoap
- → Laz: ჯუღაპი (cuğap̌i), ჯუღაბი (cuğabi), ჯევაბი (cevabi), ჯოღაპი (coğap̌i) — Arkabi
→ Somali: jawaab
→ Swahili: jawabu

Baluchi

Etymology

From Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Noun

جواب • (jawáb)

answer, reply
Synonym: پسئو (passaw)

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ج و ب
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic جَواب (jawāb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.waːb/

Noun

جواب • (jawāb) m (plural أجوِبَة (ʔajwiba) or جوابات (jawābāt))

answer, reply

Khalaj

Noun

جَواب (cəvâb) (definite accusative جَوابؽ, plural جَوابلار)

Arabic spelling of cəvâb (“reply, answer”)

Declension

Declension of
	singular	plural
nominative	جواب	جوابلار
genitive	جوابؽݧ	جوابلارؽݧ
dative	جوابقا	جوابلارقا
definite accusative	جوابؽ	جوابلارؽ
locative	جوابچا	جوابلارچا
ablative	جوابدا	جوابلاردا
instrumental	جوابلا	جوابلارلا
equative	جوابوارا	جوابلاروارا

Malay

Noun

جواب (plural جواب-جواب or جواب٢)

Jawi spelling of jawab.‎

Verb

جواب

Jawi spelling of jawab.‎

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ج و ب
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic جَواب (jawāb).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒwaːb/, /ʒa.waːb/
Audio: (file)

Noun

جواب • (jwāb or jawāb) m (plural أجوبة (ʔajwiba) or جوابات (jwābāt))

answer, reply

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Noun

جواب • (cevab)

answer, reply

Descendants

Turkish: cevap, cuğap (dialectal)
→ Crimean Tatar: cevap
→ Ladino: djoap
→ Laz: ჯუღაპი (cuğap̌i), ჯუღაბი (cuğabi), ჯევაბი (cevabi), ჯოღაპი (coğap̌i) — Arkabi

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ˈwaːb/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːb]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɑ́ːb]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.wɔ́ːb̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒæ.vɒ́ːb̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d͡ʒä.vɔ́b]

Readings
Classical reading^?	jawāb
Dari reading^?	jawāb
Iranian reading^?	javâb
Tajik reading^?	javob

Noun

جواب • (jawāb / javâb) (plural جواب‌ها (jawāb-hā / javâb-hâ), or جوابات (jawābāt / javâbât), Tajik spelling ҷавоб)

answer, reply
Synonym: پاسخ (pâsox)

Antonyms: سوال (soâl), پرسش (porseš)

― javâb-e qâne' konande natvânest bedahad. ― He could not give an acceptable answer.

Derived terms

جواب دادن (javâb dâdan)

Descendants

→ Adyghe: джэуап (džɛwap)
→ Baluchi: جواب (jawáb)
→ Bashkir: яуап (yawap)
→ Bengali: জবাব (jobab)
→ Dhivehi: ޖަވާބު (javābu)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: जवाब (javāb)

Urdu: جَوَاب (javāb)
→ Kazakh: жауап (jauap)
→ Khalaj: cəvâb
→ Kyrgyz: жооп (joop)
→ Ossetian: дзуапп (ʒwapp)
→ Nogai: явап (yavap)
→ Pashto: جواب (jawāb), ځواب (źawāb)
→ Northern Luri: جڤۋ (jevü)
→ Punjabi: ਜਵਾਬ (javāb)
→ Tatar: җавап (cawap)
→ Turkmen: jogap
→ Telugu: జవాబు (javābu)
→ Uyghur: جاۋاب (jawab), جاۋاپ (jawap)
→ Uzbek: javob
→ West Coast Bajau: jawap

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “جواب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Noun

جواب • (javāb) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਵਾਬ)

answer

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (jawāb), from Arabic جَوَاب (jawāb).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ʋɑːb/, /d͡ʒə.wɑːb/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːb

Noun

جَوَاب • (javāb) m (Hindi spelling जवाब)

answer, reply, response
(figuratively) solution

Declension

Declension of **جواب**
	singular	plural
direct	جَوَاب (javāb)	جَوَاب (javāb)
oblique	جَوَاب (javāb)	جَوَابوں (javābõ)
vocative	جَوَاب (javāb)	جَوَابو (javābo)

References

“جواب”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“جواب”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.